In a week where it emerges that the new Health Secretary is a fan of the hocus-pocus that is homeopathy, tell us about people who are spectacularly out of their depth in a job. Have you ever found yourself wallowing in your own incompetence? Tell us. (Note: "Name of football manager/politician - nuff said" does not constitute an answer)

Mallow
I used to work in a confectionary factory – to earn a bit of cash out of Uni. This place made lots of things, doughnuts, cake toppings Fudge (yes, I know, fudge packer haw haw) and Marshmallow

For those of you not in the know, Marshmallow is made by heating was is essentially sugar and water, then aerating it. It goes from clear glucose syrup to white frothy gloop – this resembled PVA glue.. Which at the time of packing, is still very hot and tacky – so needs to be left to cool down.

I was taught how to use the machine that produced this frothy gloop in the best part of 3 mins, it was that easy. The golden rule was don’t stop the machine once its pumping out the Mallow. One batch will take about 90 mins to run, which – once you’ve done you can have a long break. It was a fairly easy job. 3-4 tons of Mallow was made in a Batch.

I had worked on this machine for a week, before some bright spark thought a rotation was in order – so I could get more experience on another line. In my place they put new lad. Again he was taught the rules, don’t stop the machine.. what ever you do… work through all your breaks and take a long one at the end.

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Your post has also been clicked. That is all.
(.Yeti.Get that down yer neck., Tue 11 Sep 2012, 13:50,
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This story complains no complaints about mods, trolls, me or people from /talk.
This is clearly trolling and an abuse of this forum. MODS!
(Amorous BadgerNAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 11 Sep 2012, 15:31,
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No trip to the burns unit?
They missed that bit in Ghostbusters, too.
(monster munch- it's cheeseburgers, all the way down, Tue 11 Sep 2012, 18:42,
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i can only assume
they slop that landed on them had cooled by that point. i remember going in to have a look at the room where the explosion happened. The roof was about 50ft up (typical factory floor) it was dripping from the ceiling windows and drooping off the walls. it had flown a considerable distance. perhaps these guys where a few feet away from the mess when it went off.
(Dan dan danThey tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 12 Sep 2012, 0:04,
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Made the whole thing up?
how did you come to that conclusion? The above from me was just extra detail. I can draw you a picture if you like?
(Dan dan danThey tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 12 Sep 2012, 9:52,
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